rural development

1. Social Inclusion :
Bringing on Board
The Toolkit
Presented by : Sahibzada Usman

2. Introduction
• Most of the action taken for social exclusion in rural
area have to be taken at national level .
Macroeconomics and social welfare policy
National minimum wage
• Great deal can be done at local level
Local authorities
Health authorities
Local development agencies
Local voluntary and community sector

3. Continued...
• All work in patnership
• Here work is on social inclusion promotion
• Replacement of "detachment" with "attachment" to the
labor market needed for 'welfare-to-work' to be effective

4. Employment Initiatives
• Creation or attraction of new firms
• Support of existing buisness
• Creation of jobs in public, voluntary and community
sector including community enterprise .

5. Aiding the Transition to Work
• Provide information about the job market and how to
enter
• Provision of childcare of a quality, location and price
that persuade parents to take jobs
• Provision of training and education in a manner which
is accesible
• Provision of transport for work

6. Affordable Housing
• Clear account of the amount and nature of local
housing needs
• Land at a price lower than that of development land
because of the operation of land use a planning system
• Politcal support
• Housing association or other 'social landlord' ready to
build and manage
• Finance by Housing Corporation or local authority

7. Community Development
• Credit Union and LETS (Local Enterprise Trading
System) schemes can help without a need for the
excluded to find new income source
• Informal support networks can help with childcare,,
transport and word-of-mouth info. about opportunities
• An active community can secure promises of low cost
land by raising awareness about their problems
• Local compaign to retain and improve facilities
• Attempt to bridge the gap between long term residents
and incomers can be their mutual advantage

8. Information and Advice
• Integrated, area wide strategy needed
• Need to embrace different sectors such as local
authorities, delivery mechanisms, local outlets and
telecom

9. Area Development Programmes with Social
inclusion
• Treat excluded people as a resource and as a subject of
local development
• Building on an elaboration 'What are the needs of
excluded people? ' and 'What are their capabilities?'
• Involve excluded people in planning and delivery of the
development programes
• Promote sustainability at the the very local level
• Promote human resource development, capacity building
and the caring community at local level

10. Continued....
• Increase the amount and range of community owned
assets
• Ensure the 'inclusion proofing' of all projects in the
programme.

11. THANK YOU.